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Today's Help Desk...

https://www.eviscerati.org/comics/hd/2025/04/cross-disciplinary-terminology/

#Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/ #nope #privacy #surveillance

Tapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the rise - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/tapeworm-in-fox-poop-that-will-slowly-destroy-your-organs-is-on-the-rise/ " The worm indefinitely proliferates into cystic masses in organs, mimicking cancer." oh, great

Federal Prosecutor Fires Off Letter To Medical Journals Asking About Their Policies On ‘Competing Viewpoints’ - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/federal-prosecutor-fires-off-letter-to-medical-journals-asking-about-their-policies-on-competing-viewpoints/ also known as "crank theories"

#NSF director resigns amid 55% budget cut, mass layoffs from Trump admin - https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/nsf-director-resigns-amid-55-budget-cut-mass-layoffs-from-trump-admin/ " The director did not state a reason for the resignation." The director did not state a reason for the resignation."

Just as true today as it was in 2013!

Someone just spent $8 million on $TRUMP memecoins after the president announced that the top holders would be invited to join him at a private dinner at his DC golf club.

The purchases were funded by a Binance account, suggesting the wallet owner is not based in the US.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

#wlroots is putting out release candidates for 0.19.0 and I'm running my #phoc branch targeting that on my laptop since today and it didn't crash yet (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc/-/merge_requests/599). That's a pleasant surprise. 🎉

I've also uploaded the wlroots RCs to #debian #experimental just in case.

#phosh

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The Upstate Anarchist Bookfair is BACK! May 3rd and 4th 12pm-10pm at 21 Emma Street, Binghamton NY. There will be 40+ vendors, workshops, talks, live music, a drag show, a film screening, and a dance party! Hope to see you there!

Stephen Miller’s long-shot FOIA lawsuit could thwart Congress’ ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/is-stephen-miller-trying-to-take-away-congress-watchdog/

ActivityPub 5.8.0 for WordPress is out now! 🎉

This update includes two things I’ve been especially excited about: new email templates and user-specific notification settings.

Emails now have way more information—mentions and direct messages embed the full post, and the refreshed design looks more modern and polished. New follower emails come with a profile card to help you get a sense of who’s engaging with your content.

#WordPress #ActivityPub

👉 Full changelog: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/#developers

Hello Fedi friends!

I'm currently getting an advanced degree in all things #PeerTube - after setting up my own self-hosted instance earlier this week (thanks @yunohost ❤️ )

Joining an existing instance is one thing... but creating your own is a completely different ball game. I plan to write about all this for #TheFutureIsFederated... once I'm a little less clueless 😅

A moment of gratitude for @FediTips and their excellent explainers: https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse/

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